2026 Place-Based Impact Summit: Key Insights
The Place-based Impact Summit brought Australia’s place-based ecosystem together to explore a shared challenge: how to define and use data to measure impact in ways that make sense across different communities.
Participants consistently returned to five interconnected elements that underpin effective place-based work: community leadership, trust and relationships, learning and adaptation, responsiveness to local context, and First Nations self-determination.
Participants consistently returned to five interconnected elements that underpin effective place-based work: community leadership, trust and relationships, learning and adaptation, responsiveness to local context, and First Nations self-determination.
We joined PLACE Australia’s inaugural Place-based Impact Summit as a contributor to the Impact Measurement Marketplace, sharing approaches and perspectives on how organisations can better understand, evidence and communicate the impact they create.
The Summit brought together around 300 people working in and alongside place-based initiatives across Australia, with a strong focus on what meaningful impact measurement looks like in practice.
Alongside organisations including the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Clear Horizon, Seer Data & Analytics, and InfoXchange, we contributed to the conversation about the tools, evidence and approaches that can strengthen how place-based impact is understood and measured.
The 2026 Place-Based Impact Summit Report brings together the key themes, challenges and practical ideas that emerged from the event, offering useful insight into how place-based impact can be measured in ways that are meaningful across different communities.
Read the report.
We joined PLACE Australia’s inaugural Place-based Impact Summit as a contributor to the Impact Measurement Marketplace, sharing approaches and perspectives on how organisations can better understand, evidence and communicate the impact they create.
The Summit brought together around 300 people working in and alongside place-based initiatives across Australia, with a strong focus on what meaningful impact measurement looks like in practice.
Alongside organisations including the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Clear Horizon, Seer Data & Analytics, and InfoXchange, we contributed to the conversation about the tools, evidence and approaches that can strengthen how place-based impact is understood and measured.
The 2026 Place-Based Impact Summit Report brings together the key themes, challenges and practical ideas that emerged from the event, offering useful insight into how place-based impact can be measured in ways that are meaningful across different communities.
Read the report.
2026 Place-Based Impact Summit: Key Insights
The Place-based Impact Summit brought Australia’s place-based ecosystem together to explore a shared challenge: how to define and use data to measure impact in ways that make sense across different communities.
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